Predrag Mijatovic believes Real Madrid youngster Jese Rodriguez is on the verge of becoming a first team regular at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The 20-year-old forward scored on his first La Liga start of the campaign at the weekend for Los Blancos as Carlo Ancelotti´s men drew with Athletic Bilbao at San Mames. Prior to that, Jese had come off the bench 12 times in the league this season.
The Spain Under-21 forward has played an important supersub role in Ancelotti´s squad, and has already scored at some of Spain’s most intimidating grounds this season – as well as at San Mames, he has also found the back of the net at the Camp Nou and the Mestalla this season.
And Mijatovic, a former Real Madrid player himself, said Jese can go on to achieve great things. The club´s former sporting director told Cope: “He is on the verge of becoming an important player for Real Madrid. He is the type of player who could mark an era at Madrid, I have no doubt about that. He is a youth player who has the potential to become a first-team regular without any problems.”
Although Jese has been linked with a loan move away from the club in the past, he has a contract with the 32-times La Liga winners until 2017.
